The Sun. — London, England, 1810-02-23 00:00:00

Myou racoltea hating shifted your flag oh the 14th of Angugt to the Camilla, in the West Scheldt ? Perf;4lj,• - :., . • : ,-, . ; - _ Do yon recollea What ;was the state 'Of . tho,flo t;lla ‘,l;ci, .sias with' you 'at ' that linie?On 20; • MAILS. Ag_ttivio-2 Dublin. Dyz—:_Gotter.4urgh, 2 Waterford. • ua ship, ten siuops, seven gun brigs, 'one rocket tbytte : ot gunboats, and 30 flat boats. armed with carronadeg. Di you consider yourself at that' time in a state proeee4 io.the ultei ior objects of the Expedition, the army.had been ready /n'co-operate Wnth you ?, I did not .consider that the'haval foice was iutfic.ieni at that time to-have, justified me, had the artily been ready, to have entered into any opera -46".i0 ToK,what, purpose• did you .write to Lord ft aslyn PRICE OF s - rocK s THIS PA-Y AT Tws:Lys O'CLOCK. Consols - - - - - - - - - Al Debate of considerable length yeiterday took• place in the House of Peers, upon the so' bjea of Portugal. We are sorry to find that the Opposition still retain their former opinions-respeaing the lib policy of affording assistance to Spain 'or Portugal. If the ,Coantry had no 'other reason fur deprecating the return of that Party to power, . their determina tion not to assist any Power struggling far its hide.: pendence against the tyranny of -.France, would alone be suffiejent . . They say, that much blood and treasure has been expended in. Spain—that Spain is now lost—and that Portugal must 'share the same fate. We do -not mean to deny that the affairs of SPain have taken a most disastrous turn but cer-,, tainly Spain is net:yet lost, and even now, if her resources were wisely employed, she might recover her independence. Great Britain, it is true, has made considerable sacrifices to assist 'Spain ; but it• must not be forgotten that irr:aSsistin Spain,we have been most effedually promoting, our own cause.-- If we cannot prevent BUONAPARTS •from ulimately succeeding in _llia conquest of Spain, we shall at least make him pay dearly•for it. The contest in Spain bas.occupied ,near two years, and has cost BUON A PAR,TE,..upOn the very lowest computation, 120,000 troops. Shall we then be told that we have con tended in vain ? In discussing this subject there is one point which it is necessary always to bear in mind. We are contending against a man, the great leading obje& of whose mind is our destruc tion ; that in war he will pursue that object with all the immense means which he unfortunately pos- , sesses, and that he will 'consent to no peace which will not lead to the accoMplishrnent of his views. We have, therefore, no other alternative but to fight or submit. We' have only to determine fwhether it would be better for us to remain -quiet at home,' to let 11UONAPARTE proceed without in terruption against foreign countries, and to wait until he had completed all his arrangements for attackiirg us with effeEt; or whether we ought to seize every opportunity of weakening and harassing our enemy, of thwarting his plans, and of affording assistance to those : nations that are willing to contend for their independence., Upon these questions it appears to us impossible, either with a view to our national honour or our national'interest, tq entertain a doubt. •• - - nasty, on tho.„l7Lli .of August ):—ln 'tonsegtience of my 14. received orders. fiom :my CoMmander Chief to fortn.my phiq x and to adt with my Lord itbss lyn t'or the...accomphslunient 'of the -ulterior objed,- parnely,.the desruetion of thefleet at Antwerp. bid you consider.the force then under - your coni 'nand sufficient: to have induced ybti to proceed, if the array, had been 'ready .to co-operate?—l would havegone, but I knew att he time wrote to my Lord 11.)sslyn ; that titer army was not ready ; I had every le,ason to, believe they, were not ; I had - seen my Lord Rosslyn on the 15th, and I was in eXpeetation ,of - -men: of, war, ships Of the line, and frigate's, _and drat. I must' have , had a sufficient naval force before any plau•could have been fort:tied to ad upon. - 1),), you mean lobe understood, that if Me army };ad at tigit_time been ready - - to` co-operate with you, you had,not a stlicient naval force ?—No; I think it would have been my duty to have gone on if the army had been ready. Du you consider that you had at'that time a suffiz. cleat force to .co-operate with the-army, if it had been ready. had not ; I had no other flat boats than what I brought with me from the Eastern Scheldt, the flat boats froM the-Western Scheidt bad not arrived ; I could have transported at that time but a comparatively small body of men ; if the, question is in allusion to naval , force in the situation of the enemy at Antwerp, - and with . their 'boom across, with myself in possession of a veryformid-' able fhitilla, and eighteen frigates or ships, I shotild have considered it My duly to have gone on, knOw.; . ing, also that a much more formidable naval force, Was on its passageto-me. Are not westerly winds the most prevalent vtrinds iri the S,..heldt during the time when the. Expedition was in that, river,?—,At' that 'season of the year I think westerly winds_ generally prevail, and I think' • they , prevailed in the Scheldt, When.yon were asked, on - a former part of your • examination, your .opinion as to the practicability of breaking 'il.e boom, you said,. that even had the boom been broken, you did not think the ships could pass:up : without the occupa,tion of the forts of Lillo and Lief ken4roeik ; do-you think that, consi dering the bend-of the river, and the oblique position d the boom, it wzi§ likely that your ships could Bat e - had head-way sufficient to have broken the boom ? I ihipk. it .v...ry doubtiul ; INA the , prefeiable way, ..perhaP4; of breaking the boom, would have been . by -approaching the gun-boats ; I think it would have been difficult, for the ships to have broken the -boom, and indeed extremely difficult in every way, without having. possessi( , n of those torts. Would not the vessels, whatever they had been, which had attempted t., break the boom and failed, have had ,theirheads thrown up under theguns of Lief kenshoOk, and would they not have been con iequently raked by that fortress ?--:Without more minutely knowing *here the ends of the boom were fixed raatively with the forts, I cannot preci-ely answer.foi4liesituation inwhich they might have beep khrown,-,Certainly their situation would have been ‘awk-ward. W;tat.-4 , .as the naval force which the enemy tad hnin:.N.1404 . 1. behind the boom ?—There t i L ere as .sivaltyessels.. as the naviguidit would Permit there, and I believe a one . time Were Were forty of dittertnt.sizes, - mostly brigs, besides gun-. : • -- . -• gad the defences .of the boom been forced, Were the4,..not, other forts upon the Scheldt which our ships must . have passed' before •they could • have rekpe4:Antwerp•i—There is -one marked in the clo•not' know_ that they had construded a " •- • In point of fa6y, opposite that one marked in the chart, were tlrert not two sail of line stationed, to protedtthe - teach of the river leading to that fort ?. There were three frigates ; but I think on .the 2411 i ,there Nvas-no: ship of the inc below Antwerp; there, were two line-of-battle ships there some time,' niovetj up to Antwerp, I cannot recoiled the 'precise day. When you lay off Bathz, was a fOrd discovered. 'across the Bergen-op-Zoom channel ?—A ford was early discoverea. I early learnt front Sir John Hope, that tile pass - age w,ts fordable in some parts from Soutli , l3eveland to the opposite land piA you examine that ford yourself, or o r d er it to be examined ?—I did. For how many hours, at any period of the tide,' -was it - practicable for infantry ?—I beii'e for one hour; ~ What was the width of that ford ?.-Thero was only an old pall, which would have taken, I believe, about twelve or -fourteen men abreast, which ap:- peareu to have something bard at bottom, as if stones 'had been thrown. down-, -1 believe it was an ancient pass. • At the other_ parts that were ford . -able it_was..muddy; and had . holes7and that was of considerable exteta _but what the difficulties to be : T net with:on the Bergen-op-Zborn side,. in going from that fcrd to. the dye night-be,.,l' inn not in forint& '• -,rnention that circurostati4 in eTbeCanel n the BL.Veland side, there, Were. diffieulites'Jir etting upon tip.; land whets a person ciime` , elbSe lir'it; al though' he UM:a with riogreat difficulty in corning over tlte. strearn.; :watetkortr - fies in the land would have very-m , leh inipedc..-(1, and 'peril-14)s stopped an army .entirely- ;so that - =) think the only p..,:t cotild ha v e bccf depended upon, Was torti..ble ‘ pail., which would take about' 34 rner. t.t; It_tiT, impediments were as great on . the oppos•J‘J AiLle as bil - the Beteland, the army would tit,4,; 1 0.,ir,11t:3 deceived, bt.t .1-ttO not lin;;44; whether : there_ ‘‘, cry thuse ditiicaities, "tire could never ascertain, • ' : Vrirted '.!'t Ci; At the Surz-,Oprice, • • do not hopped -to please BUONAPAR/T nor w i they think his implied approhgtiori: of ':the Oppp iition- a strong reco - Mrnendatlon to their favour.= 'this extraordinary coincidence . of opinion between' the 114:oniteur and the English OppOsition hai been manifested' in another -instance—we mean in the case-. of Lord. WELLINGT9N.'..- ; Buo _ NApAaTe, who -most certainly is not very desir ous - of being opposed by . skilful Geneials; has yery candidly told us that. Lord WELLINGTON is not sn able General, and- that therefore we ought to re-' move him. 'his excessive anxiety for our interests, ih an enemy, is really astonishing. But the Oppo "..silion hold the same language ; they have de preciated his. successes, -they 'have decried his merits, and they; too, of course, would re move [him from the command. Ther - People,.of Eng land . think differently; they . feel and apknow -I,edge the services of that gallant and persecuted Officer, and they will not be induced to change their opinion of him, either by the invectives of the Moniteur, or the attacks of his political enemies at home. Yesterday Lord GREY presented the Petition from the English Roman Catholics, which will he found in our first page. It is confirmed that two of the batteries in the harbour of Cadiz have been destroyed. Within the course of ten days a coachirom don to Dover was stopped, and a seizure•made of three thousand guineas. . • - The last advices from Portugal state, that the Bri tish Army was in excellent order, and , in 'high spirits. The following Letter is from a Correspondent re siding very near Seville : • " Banks of the GuadalquiVer, fan. 31, " The news from Seville of yesterday morning is,. that the enemy had, arrived at Aleala .two leagues from hence, and that the few troops which were posted there and at Corunnaliad retreat ed to that city, froin vvbenCe they withdrew on the_ ,same day to • proceed to EstreinadOra to join._.the army lately under the Duke del P.AnOus, but now commanded by therMarqeis de la Rona NA. " The departure ot• the DUke de ALBUPWER,QUE • was, On the: night . of the 30th, for' Lebrija, ten leagues froni Seville, on the high road to Cadiz, when the -advanc_d guard of the French was at Utrera, five leagues from Lebrija. On the morning of the 31st, ALIWIWERQUE marched from Lebrija to Xerez, five leagues nearer 'to the Isle of', Leon. • Some stragglers who left Seville on the night of ,the 30th, said, that the place had 'capitulated, but we .io not place confidence - in this *omit. `.` Atter the. French had been three dap Ia Cor &lra, they 16001 a contribution of 25,000 bald dol lars upon that city." The late Mr. Tow.NLEy.WAan had not, we find, retired" fioin has:neis, -but literally expired in his office; after having bOta . .shoii time- before giv en orders to two Clerks, ,in his usual .colleaed- and firm. manner. This'Gentleman was in the profes siO-n of the law for abont .five-and-forty years, with unblerniihed iepil tation. 1 _.lt is impossible to con s id er , w ith ou t some degree i • to the Court of King!s- Bench, yesterday, in the • - of surprise, the . extr aor di nar y coincide;Oallge CHRISTIANA V. KING, the Defendant con e, both• in 'serited .- to 5001. damages being taken, •to be vested point of.language and 'sentiment, bet Ween the corn- ' in the hands 'of trustees, .for the sole use of the meats made in the Illoniteur, which we laid before Plaintiff'S daughter, Miss cIiRISTLANA . , with whom the Defendant had •eloped. . our Readers . yesterday,- and the, speeches and writ- 1. -- In the same Court, -,•?•'—' WOLS'iONIIOLM, all ings of the Opposition Party - in this : Country ; nay, Officer in the GnardS, was found gmilty of an as t heir very. objea seems 'the:same, viz. the removal milt upon JAMES LAPLAND, a Marshall - flan; while of the prese n t Mi n i s t ers . W e must, h owever, d o in the execution of his duty, at S t . J ames ' s P a l ac e, . . tlie , English Opp os i t i on t h e j ust i ce to say, that in June Yesterday 15 prisoners were tried at the Old their condua appears a little m or e consistent i Bailey, two of whom were capitally' convicted,:viz. than , that- of BUONAPARTi. They. have fairly f Catherine .klroivn, for stealing four pieces of gagalloon,value Ws. the property of James .Etches, privately tc)ld the people of England that all th e y want ' i, n ..hi s .s1100:—John Davis for assaulting John is is to get into place, and therefore it' is quite* na- bister on the King's . highwiy-, n4tting him'• in f ear , tural that they, should do all in their power to and taking - from his person .and against ,his will a ' gold chain, seal, •and 'key, his propel ty.---Aeedte • turn out the ptestnt Ministers. We are not sur-: . . ... , Chamberlain, whose examination at a Police, Office , prised at their proceeciings, but we believe that the we mentioned some days since, .'was, convi±..-ted of property of Mr. Davis,' but People of England begin now to appreciate their .- . was acquitted of the capital part of the charge, stealingjewellery„the motives pretty accurately. But we confess we are namely, stealing in a dwclling-hoUs - e. unable to account for Eueteavatere's tirades against 1 A Cambrian Correspondent expresses .some sur- Ministers.• Ile says th a t th e y are most incompetent: prise,- that amidst •all the . s u b sc riptions - from 'the P " Cooserand Gridirmi," the ""'Hole i n 'th e W a ll , " • that he has the most p e rf e a ,k no Wl e d ge o f all their. Ike. in .support of Colonel WARDLE'S ''. patriotist - n, plans, that all their operations are most absurd, that not a single sixperice should have been . sent up from their Expeditions are planned without skill, and in a Denbighshire, where the' C o lon e l so long resided, ~ and consequently was so well kn own ! , . word that they_ are the wo rs t Mi n i sters 'f or this Cotintry that can possibly exist. If this be really '' 1 CORN ' EXCHANG E , "FEB. 23.—This day the `trainingre supplies of Whe at a r e considerable; fi'oe.in , . BUONAgARTE's opinion, - nothing can be more clear ' demand, and rather 'dearer, other sorts heavy sale; than that it. is his interest to keep these incapa- Barley of heavy and Ordirtary quality . in great plenty, and again almost . wiih ou t 'buyers; in White P ease ble Ministers in office; instead, that, he is little variation -; Malt, and Beans . of ,the two kinds labouring;in the Moniteur,. .quite as much as the ' scarcely at last prices ; - there are tolerable supplies Opposition Speakers and Writers are here, to turn- - of Oats; and, tine samples are dearer; .Flour with them out. But what: makes the 'case-Still mote : - ont alteration. - . j , ' That noted character, who was generally known extraordinary - is, that BUONAPARTE knbws that by the name of Sir Harry Dim . sda le, and who for if the present I.finisters -were remccved, the .0p- so many years represented. the, ancient borough of position, (that. Opposition so superior' i n w i s .: Garrett, died in St. Martin's watch-House on Tues-7 clocn,:- in 'energy, and talents, to the present day. , With his usual good fOrtutie; EYTON has the hap .Admiillitration): must, succeed to their places; piness to'antiounce, on Wednesday se'nnight,he sold and yet out of pure good-will to this country, our of three of the Capital Prizes, Nos. 59,1, •. 3436, .and a tender regard f o r ou r i nterests , h e w i s h es t o 4540; in shares. 'rite fortunate hold e rs ma y re; - get ceive their money on dent Ind, at No:_2, Cornhili. 'rid of thisimbecile Administration, in order that he : may havb the spl e ndid t a l ents o f t h e i r opponents to I _ contend against. We do think that these ingenious i . otiecittsanin staituAtty 21. . Arrived -- the Betsey, and Mermaid, Sims, from observations in the 111aniteurs, ar e not we ll ca l cu l ate d Cadiu" ''- ' ' Co llins,- Salted---the EuphratFs, Hubert, for India; Friends, Ham- t 6 attain (heir en 4- thei people of England are not eyind, jnr. , .Madeira , Julia - 'Starling, for Oporto ; Hope, , . • II likely to think worse of their Ministers because they liartien, for - cork ; Mary- Ann, Brown,-for Rio. janeira aild the l'ohn, l lLow,' for Bermuda. • H NM's. '~'=.:.~ :NA'r.At:.&EWS. PLYMOUTH, EBB. 2 l .--Went up the harbour ins Majesty's ship Daphne. Arrived the ,illav,igator transport cartel, Captain FOSTilt, from Jamaica, with Nig French prisoneri> sailed on the 3„.d December ; on her passage spoke • the brig Venice, from Newfoundland, for London, in distress. arrived thp Eliza, DAVIS, from Dundalk ; and London, OLnaaiva, from London. Sailed a Porttiguese man of war brig for Lisbon , and his Majesty's' ship Suiveillante on a cruise ou Botireleaux; and his Majesty's ship Quebcc, Rear' Admiral Dixon, for Cadiz. DEAL, FEB. 22.—Arrived the Orion and Revenge from Portsmouth. FA L MOVT a, FE E . 2 0 .—Sailqd the Prince 11 ,111 : pins packet for Jamaica; the Fiala privateer of tilt! Port has'sent iti the Artlerican brig Rac4ciel, frog :New York forTonningen, laden with tobacco. Arrived several transports froniPottstuOuth bound to Portugal. . r HARWICII, FEB: 22.—Saited the Lord Punca lz packet with' Mails for Helgoland ; and the gall Lei,4ster and ,illicklar; d with , Mails -for Gotten' ,burgh. • POATSWOU.T.II, Ffl3. 22.--..AfriVid the Julicria.? CUTCHELL, from Malta. ' • • Came its this d3y his Majesty's ships Goshawk and 4nt, the tanner ft - dm the Downs and the latter iron 1. a cruize. Arrived the_ Die Glueklige, NoEIL, from Dieppe; Wigiam and Thoinas, Ev ANs, from 'Waterford ; sire, POTTS j Britannia, - CUTLER . ; .414, PURBICX and Sal ah, ARMSTRONG, from Sunderlaibd, Sailed Lilo Providence and -Hannah, for Sunder., land, and the POsezierani•e; BLAKE, for London.. DISTRIBUTION OF PRIZE-MONEY. Insolent for tn.. chasse-maree La Marie and L'Amitaire, at • No. 1,. Franktbrt-place, on the 26th instant; .-recal.ted same place. . Ariel tbr the Charlotte, At N 0.3, Brick-court, Temple,"l _ the igth inst. and following days. Wrangler fur the Wandryngs Manden, on board, at Shier. nsss, on the Igth instant ; recalled at No. 23, Norfolk-street , [ Strand. • Tartar for the Kron .Piincc. Frederic, on board, at PlT mouth, on i t e h efoir6tLh irisins ? 0 . h r e b c o a A l f r e d d ; r t. a r ho l y v m e 9 . inst. recalled as above; • - Nautilus lot La Jenne Adele, on the 23d inst. recalled PO uth k on the Igth Wednesdays aud Thursdays, at Nb. 3, Clifford's Inn. Raleigh' foi - the Neptune, recapture, and Seraphine, on board, at Plymouth, on the 16th teeb. recalled at No. 2z, Arundel:street, Strand. etiFicess of Wales for the Erstatning, at Yarmouth, on the, 28t1r instant ; recalled on Wednesdays and Thursdays, at No. J 4 Clement's Inn. Queen hired cutter, for the Vrowe Gesska, at Mr. Iggul den's office, at Deal, on ,the 17th inst. recalled on TuesdaYs, and Wednesdays. Caesar proportion of proceeds of head-money granted on the-squadron under Admiral Stopford) for La Calypso, Lqta... lienne, and La Sybille, and, at N o. also the cargo of -La Prudente at Plymouth; on Feb.l6 recalled George:street! 7 EPIGRAM. ON A VILE APO IHECARY. In Rhubarb for ever he's destin'd to deal, In vain.to.cinit .business he,tries ; The Rue from my verses he's fated to feel, The Barb his own conscience :DIG - MENDS. - \ :'='' :Marchlt. John Muht. of Leadenball:street, London, at eleven, at Guildhall. • ••, „ .... „. March 3. Thomas Hughes Lloyd, late of the Poultry, Goo — don, and of. Walworth 'Common, Surrey, s late-rnercha nt,‘-,‘ .-e. at tweive, at Guildhall. : - • 1-- Marah2ro. Sohn I...aue, Thomas- Fraser, and Thomas HDY „ ,T stone, of Nicholas-lane, London,merchants,at ten, a ' - • 'Guildhall.. March 17. John Hay Hutchinson', of Poland• street. ( " C. I d• or .strect, Middlesex, victualler, at one, at Guildhall; London. . . n- March 14. John, Sinton, the younger, of Newcastle-erw 'Tyne, miller, ateleven, at the shakspeare Tavern, New hetet .•• caste- ,pon.Tyne. . .. . March 17. Richard westmacott the elder, of Mount-str ee, 4 aHanover-square, MiddleseX, sculptor, at ten, at Guild' ~ • hall. . s• .- : ..I March 14, Thomas Satterthwaite, of Kendal, Westmorla nd,4 ') . --•• • tanner, at eleven, at 'the .Conunercial• inn, Kendal. March iy. Sir.MattliewlSloXarnKnight,Thomas Wiikinsons and William Bloxam, of gracechurat.strect, bankers, : -,- at twelve, at Guildhall. ,r, . - A._,,,,... • March i 7. john Jardine, of Maryport, Cumberland, i"- --- • ~- rttiyelve,- at the Douse of Elizabeth Vickers, iiin!c e P ec • rt - Whitehaven. .. ... • i • Maych.ls. fohnjtaymond, late . of Fowey, Cornwall , Oil ' maker, at eleven, at•the George: Inn, Crewkerne,. - Son ler " . setshire. :March 14. Major Clay, .of South Shields, Durhanip 1 . 111 , en, A , . draper, at eleven, at the Golden Lion Inn, South -5111"""- ,!. , • - BAWks. • .. - . . On the 15th inst. .at Castle-hill, near I nver ness, the Lads of William Chisholm, of Chisholm, Esq. of a Son ancrile4! - • Ow - the 16th inst. at.l3ristol, Mrs. Bird, relitt of theiats: Major Bird, of the 18th, or Royal Irish Regiment of Infat try, ola Son. _ - - ' r ' "' . On Sunday last, at Portsmouth, the Lady of Capt. I..ut mas Fyer4, of the Royal Engineers, of a Son. r ' DIED. HA KRIS, 0/ Xic., 4, Martlett-court, kow..ttrect ; and Publisk;ed 'by WILLIAM ARMI(:F.R SCR] PPS, South Molon:street, Griovenor square. NO. 1 IQ, Strand . ; where Advertisements Qrders for the Papei, Lfftlers for the Editor &c. itwt-paia) must be ( - icircs3:....d • • • • On the 3oth ult. at Holmwiek, in Cumberlandt - Lut:,vidgo, wile of Admiral Lutwidge. At Myrtle-hill, Pembrokeshire, aged 79, Charles Gibbon,, , Esq. On the 7th ingt. 'at his house, Brompton, • N. Stackhouse,. Esq. late of the Hon. East-India Compatirs , service at liumm! Oil the tath inst. at his house in Queen-street, Edinburgh, Robert Hunter, Esq. of 'I hurston, • The same day, at her hddse in Bridgewater,. in her 7Sth year, Elizabeth, only surviving daughter Of the late'Nich. - Sealy, k sq. " On the ci Iti inst. at Waleot-plee ' Mrs. Wa&liorn, of Chi , ..ckester, widow of ihe late Captain Marton Waghorn, of the Royal Navy. on the 17th inst. at Bath, the Rev.. Cohn Rose, A.M. -aged 65, Rector of Linimington, and ono of His Majesty.'s justices of theTeice-.- On ,Waluesday. last, aged 73; William Wallis, Esq. of Corrihill . Monday, 'at Bath, G.S. Crook, Eaq..a Member, of t Booty Corpdtate, and one of theSherius of that City. t 0 1\T1 Pert 'ft s ': 1• ; a 1 1 b.,in ue ' D o e ( ) 4 7 11 le, ru e ; Ilkierthe rant, cl ,:\ kf. Walk e.°xe• ) 4 . l lere. s ti t _ ~, u 0 5 r , 6 1 ( 4 1 . ,4 1 1 1 1 th ( - Re 1 44 "it ott At e I_ 4. l 4re r t 41 11 .) Li t tt I;i p . , :tic 11' c u i • otk,lt:rs. ~\ ~A~11~ • I' v 2, 13• 1.1 1 . . ,• r 11 E S U..N. SOLZM QUIS DICIRE F4LSUM. 41,1111E4T ? LONDON, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1810, To wh Sir II . Si ,